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Senichi Hoshino
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Japan national baseball team — No.
Pitcher
Born: 1947-01-22
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Nippon Professional Baseball debut
[[]], 1969 for the Chunichi Dragons
Teams
Chunichi Dragons 1969-1982

Senichi Hoshino (星野 仙一 Hoshino Sen'ichi?, born January 22, 1947) is a former Japanese professional baseball player and manager. In Baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the Pitcher's mound toward the Catcher to begin each play with the goal of Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chubu ("Middle of Japan" region of Japan. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.

In 2003, he led the Tigers to their first Central League pennant in 18 years before retiring for health reasons. The or is one of Japan 's two major professional Baseball leagues the winner of which plays the Japan Series against the winner of the other league the On January 25, 2007, it was announced that he would manage the Japanese national team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The Japan national baseball team is the national Baseball team of Japan.

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Childhood

Hoshino was born as the third of three children in Kurashiki, Japan. is a historic city located to the west of Okayama, Japan, sitting on the Takahashi River, on the coast of the Inland Sea. His father died three months after he was born, and his mother raised him and his two sisters single-handedly. He played baseball throughout his high school years, but was unable to advance to the Koshien baseball tournament. He entered Meiji University, and became a starter from his first year. is a Private university in Chiyoda, Tokyo, founded in 1881 by three emerging lawyers of the Meiji Era Tatsuo Kishimoto, Kozo He marked 23 total wins in the Tokyo Big6 Baseball League, including one no-hitter, but his team never won the league championship. Members Hosei University Established 1915 All-Time Record 1029-730-97 Hoshino's reputation as a hot-headed leader began in his years at Meiji University, when he and other members of the baseball team banded together to break down a barricade set up around the school by a student protest group. is a Private university in Chiyoda, Tokyo, founded in 1881 by three emerging lawyers of the Meiji Era Tatsuo Kishimoto, Kozo

Professional Career

Hoshino was drafted in the first round by the Chunichi Dragons in 1968, led by legendary manager Shigeru Mizuhara. The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chubu ("Middle of Japan" region of Japan. The Yomiuri Giants had promised Hoshino that he would be their first round draft pick, but the Giants broke their promise, drafting another player instead. The is a Nippon Professional Baseball team based at the Tokyo Dome in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. This betrayal made Hoshino develop a profound hatred towards the Giants, and he has battled the Giants ever since, both as a pitcher and as a manager. Hoshino signed with the Dragons in 1969, and pitched both as a starter and reliever, quickly becoming the ace of the Dragons pitching staff. He led the league in saves in 1974, and won the Sawamura Award. The Sawamura Award is given to the top starting pitcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball each year More importantly however, his team won the league championship, stopping the Yomiuri Giants record of consecutive league championships at 9. The is a Nippon Professional Baseball team based at the Tokyo Dome in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. He was known as the "Kyojin Killer" (Giants Killer) because he seemed to pitch unusually well against the Giants. His team won another league championship in 1982, and Hoshino retired after that year. His career record was 146-121, with 34 saves.

Hoshino was an extremely popular figure during his career, not because of his skill as a pitcher, but because of his persona. Baseball fans were sick of seeing the Yomiuri Giants win the championship year after year, and Hoshino's outspoken hatred of the Giants finally gave fans a player to root for that wasn't named Shigeo Nagashima or Sadaharu Oh. The is a Nippon Professional Baseball team based at the Tokyo Dome in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. Shigeo Nagashima (長嶋 茂雄 born February 20, 1936 in Sakura Chiba, Japan) is a former professional baseball player and Sadaharu Oh or officially Wang Chenchih ( Hepburn: Ō Sadaharu, born May 20 1940) is a former baseball player and manager of the Hoshino stayed with the Dragons for his entire career, and was very well respected by his teammates.

Managerial Career

Hoshino worked as a commentator for NHK after retiring, and his popularity with both fans and players called him back to the Chunichi Dragons as a manager in 1987. or Japan Broadcasting Corporation, is Japan 's Public broadcaster. The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chubu ("Middle of Japan" region of Japan. Hoshino made a number of big trades, and led the Dragons to a league championship in 1988. He stepped down in 1991, and returned to his job as a commentator and sports writer.

The Dragons did poorly after Hoshino's departure, and he was once again called back to lead the team in 1996. Hoshino won his second league championship in 1999, but stepped down again after his team placed 5th in 2001.

In 2002, Hoshino was called to take over as manager of the miserable Hanshin Tigers, who had been in last place for the last four years under Katsuya Nomura. The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Koshien Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and are in the Central League. is a baseball player and manager who has played or managed in Japan since the 1950s He raised the team to fourth place in his first year, and made huge cuts during the off-season while recruiting free agents like Tomoaki Kanemoto and Hideki Irabu. In Professional sports a free agent is a team player whose contract with a team has expired and the player is able to sign a contract with another team if that player Hideki Irabu ( Japanese: 伊良部 秀輝 born in Hirara (now Miyakojima) Okinawa Prefecture, Japan on May 15, The Tigers won the league championship in 2003; Hoshino's third championship as manager. However, he frequently fell ill during games in 2003, often leaving the head coach to manage the team while he sat quietly on the bench. He stepped down after the 2003 Japanese championship series due to health reasons, but is now the assistant senior director of the Hanshin Tigers. The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Koshien Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and are in the Central League. In 2007, he became the manager of the Japan national baseball team, which won the Asian Baseball Championship (the qualifier for the Beijing Olympics) defeating the Philippines, Korea, and Taiwan. The Japan national baseball team is the national Baseball team of Japan.

Praise and Criticism

Hoshino remains a controversial manager because of the way he dealt with his players. Yelling at players happened almost daily, and he would often hit players if they disobeyed him. He was often seen venting his anger by hitting benches and lockers. Whenever there was a dispute on the field, he was the first to dash out of the dugout to participate in the argument or brawl that ensued. He fined players that stayed in the dugout during a brawl. He is a ruthless manager, and is not afraid to fire or trade players, even if they are young top draft picks.

On the other hand, he is surprisingly sympathetic, always giving players a second chance, and congratulating them if they are successful (but ruthless if they are not). He is known to send birthday presents to members of the team, including lesser known members like coaches and bullpen catchers. Though he yelled and fought his way through umpires and managers from other teams, he is known for always being courteous off the field.

Because of his career as a pitcher, Hoshino is excellent at determining when a pitcher needs to be taken off the mound. He frequently uses bunting and stealing to advance base runners, and is often criticized when he makes power-hitters bunt when there are runners in scoring position.

He is sometimes accused of overusing young pitchers, ending their careers prematurely. The Dragons were called "The Pitcher's Graveyard" by other teams when Hoshino was the team's manager.

Though Hoshino has criticized the Yomiuri Giants for gathering star players with money, he himself has done the same thing with the Hanshin Tigers and in his second championship run with the Chunichi Dragons. The is a Nippon Professional Baseball team based at the Tokyo Dome in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Koshien Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and are in the Central League. The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chubu ("Middle of Japan" region of Japan. The players he gathered during the 2002 off-season made huge contributions to the Tigers league championship won the next year. When he was manager of the Dragons, he got Jong Beom Lee and Dong Yeol Sun to come to the Japanese leagues from Korea with massive contracts. Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia.

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Pitching

Managerial Career

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